{"id":2374921,"date":"2026-04-15T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2374921"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:12:09","slug":"benjamin-bratt-reveals-he-refused-to-film-full-frontal-scenes-in-raunchy-comedy-balls-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/benjamin-bratt-reveals-he-refused-to-film-full-frontal-scenes-in-raunchy-comedy-balls-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Bratt Reveals He Refused to Film \u2018Full-Frontal\u2019 Scenes in Raunchy Comedy \u2018Balls Up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:1242px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"credit\"><i>Frederic J. Brown \/ AFP<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/benjamin-bratt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Benjamin Bratt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><b>Benjamin Bratt <\/b><\/a>had a few stipulations about joining Prime Video\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/us-weekly-2026-spring-movie-232920014.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:raunchy new comedy film;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">raunchy new comedy film<\/a> <i>Balls Up.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-who-opened-up-about-going-full-frontal-nude-on-screen-stage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was no full-frontal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">was no full-frontal<\/a> that wasn&#8217;t necessarily mentioned in the script,\u201d Bratt, 62, exclusively told <i>Us Weekly <\/i>at the <i>Balls Up <\/i>premiere on Tuesday, April 14, at Los Angeles\u2019 <span class=\"s1\">Harmony Gold Theater<\/span>. \u201cBut as we got on set, they were like, &#8216;You know, you might want to.&#8217; [I was like], &#8216;Nah, I might not wanna.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bratt stars as Santos in <i>Balls Up<\/i>, a \u201cover-the-top comedy\u201d in which marketing executives Brad (<b>Mark Wahlberg<\/b>) and Elijah (<b>Paul Walter Hauser<\/b>) pitch a condom sponsorship with the World Cup. The film, directed by <b>Peter Farrelly<\/b>, also stars <b>Eva de Dominici, Daniela Mechior, Molly Shannon, Sacha Baron Cohen <\/b>and <b>Eric Andr\u00e9<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrad and Elijah go \u2018balls out\u2019 and pitch a bold full\u2011coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup,\u201d the synopsis reads. \u201cAfter their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-who-opened-up-about-going-full-frontal-nude-on-screen-stage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Celebrities Who Opened Up About Going Full Frontal Nude on Screen and on Stage Over the Years: From Theo James to Dakota Johnson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Celebrities Who Opened Up About Going Full Frontal Nude on Screen and on Stage Over the Years: From Theo James to Dakota Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bratt\u2019s Santos is the chief of the Brazilian delegation, who goes out partying with Brad and Elijah ahead of the scandal. In Farrelly\u2019s script, there was the possibility that Santos would strip down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was talk of that,\u201d the director told <i>Us <\/i>on Tuesday. \u201cHe was game for anything! We were going to have a joke there, but it was going to be a very quick one, but we didn&#8217;t do it. It wasn&#8217;t worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Bratt didn&#8217;t drop trou for <i>Balls Up<\/i>, he was open to a butt double \u2014 on one condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I merely said, &#8216;If you&#8217;re going to use one, I get approval,\u2019\u201d the actor said<i>. <\/i>\u201cI don&#8217;t know if they used one or not. I don&#8217;t imagine they had any need for one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farrelly, meanwhile, confirmed that a double wasn\u2019t used after all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked about it earlier because he&#8217;s, like, 63 years old, and he&#8217;s going naked on a rope [course] thing,\u201d Farrelly explained. \u201cI thought, &#8216;If he&#8217;s anything like me, we better get a butt double,&#8217; and then he took off his shirt. We&#8217;re like, &#8216;This guy&#8217;s chiseled.&#8217; I would put him up against any 63-year-old in the country. He&#8217;s rock solid, so we did not have to get [a butt double].\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:1242px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"Balls-Up-Film-Credit__Ben_Rothstein_Prime_Video__Amazon_Content_Services_LLC_JPG_3000\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/DMAgAcIIrBeNnB.19b3bPQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_us_magazine_778\/b1df11f9fe8d25b5fea0cb4acc514cc5\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"caption\">Paul Walter Hauser, Benjamin Bratt and Mark Wahlberg in &#8216;Balls Up.&#8217;<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Ben Rothstein \/ Prime Video\/ Amazon Content Services LLC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Even <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/celebrities-who-didnt-wear-prosthetics-for-full-frontal-scenes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:without stripping down;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">without stripping down<\/a>, Bratt\u2019s comedic chops impressed his costars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBenjamin Bratt&#8217;s a real actor who&#8217;s killed it in dramatic stuff,\u201d Hauser, 39, told <i>Us <\/i>at the premiere on Tuesday. \u201cThen, he almost steals this comedy movie. It always helps you raise your game and be your best self when you&#8217;re surrounded by good people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside of his acting career, Bratt has found an equally fulfilling home life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a beautiful life outside of the business,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/private-practice-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Private Practice alum;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">the <i>Private Practice <\/i>alum<\/a> gushed on Tuesday. \u201cYesterday, I celebrated my 24th wedding anniversary with my beautiful wife, <b>Talisa [Soto]<\/b>, and guess who was along on our date? My two children. That&#8217;s how close we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/celebrities-who-didnt-wear-prosthetics-for-full-frontal-scenes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Celebrities Who Didn\u2019t Wear Prosthetics for Full Frontal Scenes: Cooper Koch, Barry Keoghan and More;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Celebrities Who Didn\u2019t Wear Prosthetics for Full Frontal Scenes: Cooper Koch, Barry Keoghan and More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bratt and Soto, 59, have been married since 2002, welcoming daughter Sophia that same year. The pair\u2019s son, Mateo, followed in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Since] Sophia and Mateo were [there] \u2026 I do owe her a trip to Italy,\u201d Bratt said, stressing that an anniversary trip \u201cis coming\u201d down the line.<\/p>\n<p><i>Balls Up <\/i>is currently available to stream on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederic J. Brown \/ AFP Benjamin Bratt had a few stipulations about joining Prime Video\u2019s raunchy new comedy film Balls Up. \u201cThere was no full-frontal that wasn&#8217;t necessarily mentioned in the script,\u201d Bratt, 62, exclusively told Us Weekly at the Balls Up premiere on Tuesday, April 14, at Los Angeles\u2019 Harmony Gold Theater. \u201cBut as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2374922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[353371,26992,344752,356252,66105,351085],"class_list":["post-2374921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-benjamin-bratt","tag-mark-wahlberg","tag-paul-walter-hauser","tag-peter-farrelly","tag-prime-video","tag-us-weekly"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Benjamin-Bratt-Reveals-He-Refused-to-Film-\u2018Full-Frontal-Scenes-in.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374923,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374921\/revisions\/2374923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2374922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}